{"number":26,"title":null,"part":"OF GOD THE FATHER.","questions":[26],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"THE ARGVMENT.","answer":"Of God the Father, and of the creation and preseruation of our selues and of the whole world, that is, of heauen and earth.","segments":[{"text":"Of God the Father, and of the creation and preseruation of our selues and of the whole world, that is, of heauen and earth.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What beleeuest thou when thou sayest: I beleeue in God the Father almightie? &c.","answer":"I beleue in the euerlasting father of our Lord Iesus Christ, who created of nothing the heauen and the earth, and all thinges that are therein, and doth vphold and gouerne the same by his euerlasting counsell and prouidēce, to be, by the means of Christ, my God and my Father: Therefore I so trust in him, I so repose my selfe vpon him, that I doubt not, but he wil prouide all thinges necessarie, both for my soule & for my bodie: And moreouer also, that whatsoeuer euill he sendeth vpon me in this miserable life, he wil turne the same to my saluation, seing he is both able to do it, as being God almightie, and willing to do it, as being my mercifull father.","segments":[{"text":"I beleue in the euerlasting father of our Lord Iesus Christ, who created of nothing the heauen and the earth, and all thinges that are therein, and doth vphold and","proofs":["Genesis 1–2","Psalm 33:6","Job 33:4","Acts 4:24","14:15","Isaiah 45:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 1–2","osis":["Gen.1-Gen.2"]},{"printed":"Psalm 33:6","osis":["Ps.33.6"]},{"printed":"Job 33:4","osis":["Job.33.4"]},{"printed":"Acts 4:24","osis":["Acts.4.24"]},{"printed":"14:15","osis":["Acts.14.15"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 45:7","osis":["Isa.45.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"gouerne the same by his euerlasting counsell and prouidēce, to be, by the means of Christ,","proofs":["Psalm 104:3","125:3","Matthew 10:19","Hebrews 1:3","Romans 11:36"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 104:3","osis":["Ps.104.3"]},{"printed":"125:3","osis":["Ps.125.3"]},{"printed":"Matthew 10:19","osis":["Matt.10.19"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 1:3","osis":["Heb.1.3"]},{"printed":"Romans 11:36","osis":["Rom.11.36"]}],"note":null},{"text":"my God and my Father: Therefore I so trust in him, I so repose my selfe vpon him, that I doubt not, but he wil prouide all thinges","proofs":["John 1:12","Romans 8:15","Galatians 4:5–7","Ephesians 1:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 1:12","osis":["John.1.12"]},{"printed":"Romans 8:15","osis":["Rom.8.15"]},{"printed":"Galatians 4:5–7","osis":["Gal.4.5-Gal.4.7"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 1:5","osis":["Eph.1.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"necessarie, both for my soule & for my bodie: And moreouer also, that whatsoeuer euill he sendeth vpon me in this miserable life, he wil","proofs":["Psalm 55:23","Matthew 6:26","Luke 12:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 55:23","osis":["Ps.55.23"]},{"printed":"Matthew 6:26","osis":["Matt.6.26"]},{"printed":"Luke 12:22","osis":["Luke.12.22"]}],"note":null},{"text":"turne the same to my saluation, seing he is both able to do it, as being","proofs":["Romans 8:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 8:28","osis":["Rom.8.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"God almightie, and willing to do it, as being my","proofs":["Isaiah 46:4","Romans 10:12","8:38"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 46:4","osis":["Isa.46.4"]},{"printed":"Romans 10:12","osis":["Rom.10.12"]},{"printed":"8:38","osis":["Rom.8.38"]}],"note":null},{"text":"mercifull father.","proofs":["Matthew 6","7:8–9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 6","osis":["Matt.6"]},{"printed":"7:8–9","osis":["Matt.7.8-Matt.7.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"The vse","answer":"This article of our fayth & the doctrine therein conteined, maketh much for the comfort of the godly: For seeing we are ioyned in league with that God who is our Father, who is almightie, who created heauen and Earth, who gouerneth vs, and preserueth vs, what is there that we may not look for from such a Father? What is there, whereof we may not mak our selues sure? For example, the Leper was perswaded only of the power of Christ, he knew not his wil, therfore hee sayd, Lorde, if thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane, and he was clensed: how much more shal we obteine those things which wee ask, if both we be perswaded of his almightie power, and also doubt not of his promises? From hence is our loue to our neighbour set on fire: for when God hath promised that he wil increase his blessings vpon them, who are liberal to the poore, and he is God almightie, who would not be pricked for ward to bestowe almes liberally and cheerefully? Thirdlie, by the same doctrine I am admonished, not to doubt of any mans saluation, thogh he seeme cast away of God, and withal to keepe my selfe in the feare of God, How? namely, because God is able to raise vp againe my brother that is fallen, and to call him home into the way of saluation, and also to suffer me to fall into grieuous sinns, and to cast me off, vnlesse I abide in fayth.","segments":[{"text":"This article of our fayth & the doctrine therein conteined, maketh much for the comfort of the godly: For seeing we are ioyned in league with that God who is our Father, who is almightie, who created heauen and Earth, who gouerneth vs, and preserueth vs, what is there that we may not look for from such a Father? What is there, whereof we may not mak our selues sure? For example, the Leper was perswaded only of the power of Christ, he knew not his wil, therfore hee sayd, Lorde, if thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane, and he was clensed: how much more shal we obteine those things which wee ask, if both we be perswaded of his almightie power, and also doubt not of his promises? From hence is our loue to our neighbour set on fire: for when God hath promised that he wil increase his blessings vpon them, who are liberal to the poore, and he is God almightie, who would not be pricked for ward to bestowe almes liberally and cheerefully? Thirdlie, by the same doctrine I am admonished, not to doubt of any mans saluation, thogh he seeme cast away of God, and withal to keepe my selfe in the feare of God, How? namely, because God is able to raise vp againe my brother that is fallen, and to call him home into the way of saluation, and also to suffer me to fall into grieuous sinns, and to cast me off, vnlesse I abide in fayth.","proofs":["Matthew 8:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 8:2","osis":["Matt.8.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}],"text":null}